What prevents us from being happy is feeling like victims of our environment and interpreting the ups and downs of everyday life as obstacles to our well-being or our happiness. In itself, this perspective is quite reactive: we respond positively or negatively to what we experience each day. In short, our happiness is largely conditioned by what surrounds us: misadventures…
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The Disappearance Of Death From Our Daily Life Unreasonable life begins the moment death has completely disappeared from our daily life, in such a way that it becomes an alternative reality, turning into a mirage, a vague and ethereal concept. This vision is mistaken and yet, it is massively sustained by popular culture, which is at once youth-oriented, hedonistic, and…
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To be happy, one must simply learn to be, says the Buddhist wisdom. Avoiding The Trap Of Desire Triangulation Most often, we desire what people desire. We buy expensive things because we want to belong. We want to belong to a group, so we seek to obtain what the members of that group have or are seeking to join them.…
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Don’t seek to be happy; be good, and then you will become happy. Everyone wants to be happy, but few people truly are. The trap of the direct approach Most people believe that happiness is a target that can be directly pursued. The pursuit of wealth and pleasure illustrates this. The gratification of sensory pleasures brings a certain degree of…
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Social networks have democratized access to fame. In so doing, they have changed our relationship with ourselves. As a result, we’re no longer quite the individual we used to be on a day-to-day basis, but we’re also a virtual being, a fortiori a public one. How can this become a problem? The Constant Need To Please The problem with this…
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You’re going to die one day. It’s a reality you can’t ignore, even if everyone lives as if they were immortal. The soul is permanent, even if you grow old, your soul remains the same, it can only be tainted by your actions. Imagine now that you’re 95 years old. Most of your friends have passed away. Your parents, grandparents…
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I think there’s a misunderstanding of well-being because there are two forms of well-being. False Wellness First, let’s start with a chimera… This “well-being” is the one we consume every day. It is easily accessible, within reach of a click, and requires little effort to obtain. It is most often served to us on smartphone screens or in the form…
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A good indicator of how good a person is is their propensity to feel guilt. Someone without guilt is usually selfish and malicious. So there is good in feeling guilt. Similarly, guilt is such an unpleasant emotion that it usually pushes us to do the right thing and correct a bad act. However, feeling guilt all the time is suffocating…
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Happiness is not doing what you love but loving what you do. Nothing really important is acquired without time and effort. On the other hand, you learn to love something through repetition. Discipline As Skill Acquisition We generally like to do what we are good at. But to acquire dexterity or expertise in a field, it takes time. Therein lies…
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At first glance, productivity is built at the expense of our fulfillment. Reaching high goals implies sacrificing personal time to devote oneself fully to one’s efforts. However, there are important cultural differences between countries regarding work and between eras. Very early in Europe, especially among the Greeks, work was reserved only for slaves and therefore it was frowned upon to…
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